Woman with a Rake
probably 1856–57 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions : 15 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. (39.7 x 34.3 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Gift of Stephen C. Clark, 1938
Millet first treated this subject in a woodcut, one of ten in the series Labors of the Fields that were published in a popular periodical in 1853. The art dealer Martinet, in whose gallery such avant-garde artists as Courbet and Manet exhibited, included this painting in a show in 1860.
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About this artwork
Woman with a Rake (probably 1856–57) by Jean-Francois Millet, oil on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Jean-Francois Millet
Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.
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